Conan McIvor is a filmmaker, theatre-maker and video artist who creates fiction, documentary and experimental films, visual installations, immersive environments and video works for theatre. His work has been exhibited in cinemas, galleries, festivals, national theatres, broadcast on national television and held in the Arts Council Northern Ireland collection.
Conan was nominated for the Best Video Design at The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards 2022; he received the Visual Artists Ireland Experience Award 2022 with Vivienne Dick and was British Council Filmmaker-in-Residence at Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris in November 2022.
Recent theatre credits include I Fall Down (The Everyman, Cork), Abomination: A DUP Opera (Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre London / Theatre Royal, Brighton Festival), The Patient Gloria (The Everyman, Cork / Black Box, Galway / Project Arts Centre, Dublin / St. Ann’s Warehouse, NYC) and babyGROOVE (Gate Theatre / Irish Tour).
Conan received an Arts Council Ireland Theatre Bursary in 2022 to expand his practice as a theatre director and designer. His 2023 sell-out production Waiting for the Offo at The New Theatre Dublin marked his 50th design credit and 1st directing credit for the stage.
Photograph by Adam Bradley